V. I. Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

APRIL 12–27 (APRIL 25–MAY 10), 1905

STATEMENTS TO THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE OF THE
CONGRESS

Atthe sitting of the O.C. on April 24, 1905, I forgot to motion a
proposal to invite Comrade Arnatsky
(r e a l[NB] name), a member of the Kazan Committee, to attend
the Congress with voice but no
vote.{1}I request the Credentials Committee to examine this proposal.

ComradeArnatsky is abroad, in France, and told me he was ready to
attend the Congress at his own expense. He will soon be going to Russia and
could swiftly report to his committee on the Congress. Despite all its
efforts, the Organising Committee was unable to contact the Kazan Committee
or obtain a reply from Kazan. There is therefore almost no hope of the
Kazan Committee taking part in the Congress. Our efforts abroad to contact
Kazan from over here have likewise failed, and there has been no reply to
our letters. Arnatsky has also failed to get in touch with Kazan from over
here. In view of the impossibility of having adelegatefrom the
Kazan Committee to attend the Congress, should we not invite Comrade
Arnatsky, as amemberof the committee, to attend withvoice
but no vote?

Atthe O.C. sitting I reported on the written request from Comrade
Filatov (real name) for admission to the Congress with voice but no
vote. Comrade Filatov is the author of the articles on the uprising inVperyod, signedV.S.For the Congress he has prepared a
letter and a pamphlet-report: “Application of Tactics and Fortifications
to a Popular Uprising” (in a suitcase left in Boulogne). I requestthat Comrades Belsky and Voinov who had worked with Comrade Filatov in
Paris{2}should be asked to give him a reference.

{1}Lenin erroneously calls V. V. Adoratsky, Arnatsky.

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{2}During the discussion of this question at the fourth sitting of the
Congress on April 14 (27), 1905, Lenin said that he had not proposed an
invitation for V. V. Filatov (NN), but had merely handed his written
request to the Congress (seeTrety syezd R.S.D.R.P., p. 80).

Theproposal to invite Filatov to the Congress with voice was rejected.

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